Optical lens set

ABSTRACT

An optical-lens-set includes a first lens element of a concave image-side surface near its optical-axis, a sixth lens element of negative refractive power and of a concave image-side surface near its optical-axis to go with a fifth lens element of a concave object-side surface near its optical-axis or with a seventh lens element of negative refractive power. The Abbe number υ1 of the first lens element, the Abbe number υ3 of the third lens element, the Abbe number υ4 of the fourth lens element, the Abbe number υ5 of the fifth lens element, the Abbe number υ6 of the sixth lens element and the Abbe number υ7 of the seventh lens element together satisfy 5≤5υ1−(υ3+υ4+υ5+υ6+υ7).

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention

The present invention generally relates to an optical imaging lens set.Specifically speaking, the present invention is directed to an opticalimaging lens set for use in portable electronic devices such as mobilephones, cameras, tablet personal computers, or personal digitalassistants (PDA) for taking pictures and for recording videos.

2. Description of the Prior Art

The specifications of portable electronic devices change all the timeand the key element—optical imaging lens set develops variously so agood imaging quality is needed as well as a smaller size. As far as theimaging quality is concerned, the demands for better imaging quality aregetting higher and higher with the development of optical technology. Inaddition to the thinner lens sizes, the imaging quality and performanceare critical as well in the optical lens design field.

To take an optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements for example,there is a longer distance from the object-side surface of the firstlens element to an image plane in the conventional design and it isadverse to the thinner design of the cell phones and digital cameras.The designing of the optical lens is not just scaling down the opticallens which has good optical performance, but also needs to consider thematerial characteristics and satisfy some practical requirements likeassembly yield.

Accordingly, it is more difficult to diminish a mini-lens than todiminish a conventional one. Therefore, how to reduce the total lengthof a photographic device, but still maintain good optical performanceunder dim light background, is an important objective to research.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In light of the above, the present invention proposes an optical imaginglens set of seven lens elements which is shorter in total length,technically possible, has ensured imaging quality and has enhanced imagedefinition. The optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of thepresent invention from an object side toward an image side in orderalong an optical axis has a first lens element, a second lens element, athird lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixthlens element and a seventh lens element. Each first lens element, secondlens element, third lens element, fourth lens element, fifth lenselement, sixth lens element and seventh lens element respectively has anobject-side surface which faces toward an object side as well as animage-side surface which faces toward an image side.

The first lens element has an image-side surface with a concave portionin a vicinity of the optical-axis. The sixth lens element has negativerefractive power and an image-side surface with a concave portion in avicinity of the optical-axis. The seventh lens element has negativerefractive power. The optical imaging lens set exclusively has theabove-mentioned seven lens elements with refractive power. An Abbenumber of the first lens element is υ1, an Abbe number of the third lenselement is υ3, an Abbe number of the fourth lens element is υ4, an Abbenumber of the fifth lens element is υ5, an Abbe number of the sixth lenselement is υ6 and an Abbe number of the seventh lens element is υ7 tosatisfy 5≤5υ1−(υ3+υ4+υ5+υ6+υ7).

In the optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention, TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the firstlens element to an image plane and AAG is a sum of all six air gapsbetween each lens elements from the first lens element to the seventhlens element along the optical axis to satisfy TTL/AAG≤4.5.

In the optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention, ALT is a total thickness of all seven lens elements and Gmaxis the maximal air gap among the first lens element and the seventh lenselement to satisfy ALT/Gmax≤7.

In the optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention, TL is a distance between the object-side surface of the firstlens element and the image-side surface of the seventh lens elementalong the optical axis and Tmin is the minimal lens element thicknessamong the first lens element and the seventh lens element to satisfyTL/Tmin≤20.

The optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention satisfies TTL/Gmax≤11.9.

In the optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention, Tmax is the maximal lens element thickness among the firstlens element and the seventh lens element and an air gap G67 between thesixth lens element and the seventh lens element along the optical axisto satisfy Tmax/G67≤2.3.

In the optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention, EFL is an effective focal length of the optical imaging lensset and BFL is a distance between the image-side surface of the seventhlens element and an image plane along the optical axis to satisfyEFL/BFL≤4.7.

In the optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention, the first lens element has a first lens element thickness T1along the optical axis, the second lens element has a second lenselement thickness T2 along the optical axis, the third lens element hasa third lens element thickness T3 along the optical axis, the fifth lenselement has a fifth lens element thickness T5 along the optical axis,the sixth lens element has a sixth lens element thickness T6 along theoptical axis and the seventh lens element has a seventh lens elementthickness T7 along the optical axis to satisfy(T5+T6+T7)/(T1+T2+T3)≤1.3.

The optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention satisfies ALT/AAG≤2.8.

In the optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention, the fourth lens element has a fourth lens element thicknessT4 along the optical axis to satisfy TL/T4≤14.4.

The present invention proposes another optical imaging lens set of sevenlens elements which is shorter in total length, technically possible,has ensured imaging quality and has enhanced image definition. Theoptical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the present inventionfrom an object side toward an image side in order along an optical axishas a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, afourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and aseventh lens element. Each first lens element, second lens element,third lens element, fourth lens element, fifth lens element, sixth lenselement and seventh lens element respectively has an object-side surfacewhich faces toward an object side as well as an image-side surface whichfaces toward an image side.

The first lens element has an image-side surface with a concave portionin a vicinity of the optical-axis. The fifth lens element has anobject-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of theoptical-axis. The sixth lens element has negative refractive power andan image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of theoptical-axis. An Abbe number of the first lens element is υ1, an Abbenumber of the third lens element is υ3, an Abbe number of the fourthlens element is υ4, an Abbe number of the fifth lens element is υ5, anAbbe number of the sixth lens element is υ6 and an Abbe number of theseventh lens element is υ7 to satisfy 5≤5υ1−(υ3+υ4+υ5+υ6+υ7).

In the optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention, TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the firstlens element to an image plane and AAG is a sum of all six air gapsbetween each lens elements from the first lens element to the seventhlens element along the optical axis to satisfy TTL/AAG≤4.5.

In the optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention, ALT is a total thickness of all seven lens elements and Gmaxis the maximal air gap among the first lens element and the seventh lenselement to satisfy ALT/Gmax≤7.

In the optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention, TL is a distance between the object-side surface of the firstlens element and the image-side surface of the seventh lens elementalong the optical axis and BFL is a distance between the image-sidesurface of the seventh lens element and an image plane along the opticalaxis to satisfy TL/BFL≤5.1.

In the optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention, Tmin is the minimal lens element thickness among the firstlens element and the seventh lens element to satisfy Gmax/Tmin≤2.5.

In the optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention, Tmax is the maximal lens element thickness among the firstlens element and the seventh lens element and the seventh lens elementhas a seventh lens element thickness T7 along the optical axis tosatisfy Tmax/T7≤1.8.

In the optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention, EFL is an effective focal length of the optical imaging lensset and an air gap G67 between the sixth lens element and the seventhlens element along the optical axis to satisfy EFL/G67≤13.

In the optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention, the first lens element has a first lens element thickness T1along the optical axis, the second lens element has a second lenselement thickness T2 along the optical axis and the fifth lens elementhas a fifth lens element thickness T5 along the optical axis to satisfy(T1+T5)/T2≤5.5.

In the optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention, the sixth lens element has a sixth lens element thickness T6along the optical axis and an air gap G34 between the third lens elementand the fourth lens element along the optical axis to satisfy T6/G34≤10.

In the optical imaging lens set of seven lens elements of the presentinvention, an air gap G12 between the first lens element and the secondlens element along the optical axis, an air gap G23 between the secondlens element and the third lens element along the optical axis, an airgap G45 between the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element alongthe optical axis and an air gap G56 between the fifth lens element andthe sixth lens element along the optical axis satisfy(G12+G23+G56)/G45≤2.

These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt becomeobvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading thefollowing detailed description of the preferred embodiment that isillustrated in the various figures and drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIGS. 1-5 illustrates the methods for determining the surface shapes andfor determining one region is a region in a vicinity of the optical axisor the region in a vicinity of its circular periphery of one lenselement.

FIG. 6 illustrates a first example of the optical imaging lens set ofthe present invention.

FIG. 7A illustrates the longitudinal spherical aberration on the imageplane of the first example.

FIG. 7B illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal directionof the first example.

FIG. 7C illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the tangentialdirection of the first example.

FIG. 7D illustrates the distortion aberration of the first example.

FIG. 8 illustrates a second example of the optical imaging lens set ofseven lens elements of the present invention.

FIG. 9A illustrates the longitudinal spherical aberration on the imageplane of the second example.

FIG. 9B illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal directionof the second example.

FIG. 9C illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the tangentialdirection of the second example.

FIG. 9D illustrates the distortion aberration of the second example.

FIG. 10 illustrates a third example of the optical imaging lens set ofseven lens elements of the present invention.

FIG. 11A illustrates the longitudinal spherical aberration on the imageplane of the third example.

FIG. 11B illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal directionof the third example.

FIG. 11C illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the tangentialdirection of the third example.

FIG. 11D illustrates the distortion aberration of the third example.

FIG. 12 illustrates a fourth example of the optical imaging lens set ofseven lens elements of the present invention.

FIG. 13A illustrates the longitudinal spherical aberration on the imageplane of the fourth example.

FIG. 13B illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal directionof the fourth example.

FIG. 13C illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the tangentialdirection of the fourth example.

FIG. 13D illustrates the distortion aberration of the fourth example.

FIG. 14 illustrates a fifth example of the optical imaging lens set ofseven lens elements of the present invention.

FIG. 15A illustrates the longitudinal spherical aberration on the imageplane of the fifth example.

FIG. 15B illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal directionof the fifth example.

FIG. 15C illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the tangentialdirection of the fifth example.

FIG. 15D illustrates the distortion aberration of the fifth example.

FIG. 16 illustrates a sixth example of the optical imaging lens set ofseven lens elements of the present invention.

FIG. 17A illustrates the longitudinal spherical aberration on the imageplane of the sixth example.

FIG. 17B illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal directionof the sixth example.

FIG. 17C illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the tangentialdirection of the sixth example.

FIG. 17D illustrates the distortion aberration of the sixth example.

FIG. 18 illustrates a seventh example of the optical imaging lens set ofseven lens elements of the present invention.

FIG. 19A illustrates the longitudinal spherical aberration on the imageplane of the seventh example.

FIG. 19B illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal directionof the seventh example.

FIG. 19C illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the tangentialdirection of the seventh example.

FIG. 19D illustrates the distortion aberration of the seventh example.

FIG. 20 shows the optical data of the first example of the opticalimaging lens set.

FIG. 21 shows the aspheric surface data of the first example.

FIG. 22 shows the optical data of the second example of the opticalimaging lens set.

FIG. 23 shows the aspheric surface data of the second example.

FIG. 24 shows the optical data of the third example of the opticalimaging lens set.

FIG. 25 shows the aspheric surface data of the third example.

FIG. 26 shows the optical data of the fourth example of the opticalimaging lens set.

FIG. 27 shows the aspheric surface data of the fourth example.

FIG. 28 shows the optical data of the fifth example of the opticalimaging lens set.

FIG. 29 shows the aspheric surface data of the fifth example.

FIG. 30 shows the optical data of the sixth example of the opticalimaging lens set.

FIG. 31 shows the aspheric surface data of the sixth example.

FIG. 32 shows the optical data of the seventh example of the opticalimaging lens set.

FIG. 33 shows the aspheric surface data of the seventh example.

FIG. 34 shows some important ratios in the examples.

FIG. 35 shows some important ratios in the examples.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Before the detailed description of the present invention, the firstthing to be noticed is that in the present invention, similar (notnecessarily identical) elements are labeled as the same numeralreferences. In the entire present specification, “a certain lens elementhas negative/positive refractive power” refers to the part in a vicinityof the optical axis of the lens element has negative/positive refractivepower calculated by Gaussian optical theory. An object-side/image-sidesurface refers to the region which allows imaging light passing through,in the drawing, imaging light includes Lc (chief ray) and Lm (marginalray). As shown in FIG. 1, the optical axis is “I” and the lens elementis symmetrical with respect to the optical axis I. The region A thatnear the optical axis and for light to pass through is the region in avicinity of the optical axis, and the region C that the marginal raypassing through is the region in a vicinity of a certain lens element'scircular periphery. In addition, the lens element may include anextension part E for the lens element to be installed in an opticalimaging lens set (that is the region outside the region C perpendicularto the optical axis). Ideally speaking, no light would pass through theextension part, and the actual structure and shape of the extension partis not limited to this and may have other variations. For the reason ofsimplicity, the extension part is not illustrated in the followingexamples. More, precisely, the method for determining the surface shapesor the region in a vicinity of the optical axis, the region in avicinity of its circular periphery and other regions is described in thefollowing paragraphs:

1. FIG. 1 is a radial cross-sectional view of a lens element. Beforedetermining boundaries of those aforesaid portions, two referentialpoints should be defined first, middle point and conversion point. Themiddle point of a surface of a lens element is a point of intersectionof that surface and the optical axis. The conversion point is a point ona surface of a lens element, where the tangent line of that point isperpendicular to the optical axis. Additionally, if multiple conversionpoints appear on one single surface, then these conversion points aresequentially named along the radial direction of the surface withnumbers starting from the first conversion point. For instance, thefirst conversion point (closest one to the optical axis), the secondconversion point, and the N^(th) conversion point (farthest one to theoptical axis within the scope of the clear aperture of the surface). Theportion of a surface of the lens element between the middle point andthe first conversion point is defined as the portion in a vicinity ofthe optical axis. The portion located radially outside of the N^(th)conversion point (but still within the scope of the clear aperture) isdefined as the portion in a vicinity of a periphery of the lens element.In some embodiments, there are other portions existing between theportion in a vicinity of the optical axis and the portion in a vicinityof a periphery of the lens element; the numbers of portions depend onthe numbers of the conversion point(s). In addition, the radius of theclear aperture (or a so-called effective radius) of a surface is definedas the radial distance from the optical axis I to a point ofintersection of the marginal ray Lm and the surface of the lens element.2. Referring to FIG. 2, determining the shape of a portion is convex orconcave depends on whether a collimated ray passing through that portionconverges or diverges. That is, while applying a collimated ray to aportion to be determined in terms of shape, the collimated ray passingthrough that portion will be bended and the ray itself or its extensionline will eventually meet the optical axis. The shape of that portioncan be determined by whether the ray or its extension line meets(intersects) the optical axis (focal point) at the object-side orimage-side. For instance, if the ray itself intersects the optical axisat the image side of the lens element after passing through a portion,i.e. the focal point of this ray is at the image side (see point R inFIG. 2), the portion will be determined as having a convex shape. On thecontrary, if the ray diverges after passing through a portion, theextension line of the ray intersects the optical axis at the object sideof the lens element, i.e. the focal point of the ray is at the objectside (see point M in FIG. 2), that portion will be determined as havinga concave shape. Therefore, referring to FIG. 2, the portion between themiddle point and the first conversion point has a convex shape, theportion located radially outside of the first conversion point has aconcave shape, and the first conversion point is the point where theportion having a convex shape changes to the portion having a concaveshape, namely the border of two adjacent portions. Alternatively, thereis another common way for a person with ordinary skill in the art totell whether a portion in a vicinity of the optical axis has a convex orconcave shape by referring to the sign of an “R” value, which is the(paraxial) radius of curvature of a lens surface. The R value iscommonly used in conventional optical design software such as Zemax andCodeV. The R value usually appears in the lens data sheet in thesoftware. For an object-side surface, positive R means that theobject-side surface is convex, and negative R means that the object-sidesurface is concave. Conversely, for an image-side surface, positive Rmeans that the image-side surface is concave, and negative R means thatthe image-side surface is convex. The result found by using this methodshould be consistent as by using the other way mentioned above, whichdetermines surface shapes by referring to whether the focal point of acollimated ray is at the object side or the image side.3. For none conversion point cases, the portion in a vicinity of theoptical axis is defined as the portion between 0˜50% of the effectiveradius (radius of the clear aperture) of the surface, whereas theportion in a vicinity of a periphery of the lens element is defined asthe portion between 50˜100% of effective radius (radius of the clearaperture) of the surface.

Referring to the first example depicted in FIG. 3, only one conversionpoint, namely a first conversion point, appears within the clearaperture of the image-side surface of the lens element. Portion I is aportion in a vicinity of the optical axis, and portion II is a portionin a vicinity of a periphery of the lens element. The portion in avicinity of the optical axis is determined as having a concave surfacedue to the R value at the image-side surface of the lens element ispositive. The shape of the portion in a vicinity of a periphery of thelens element is different from that of the radially inner adjacentportion, i.e. the shape of the portion in a vicinity of a periphery ofthe lens element is different from the shape of the portion in avicinity of the optical axis; the portion in a vicinity of a peripheryof the lens element has a convex shape.

Referring to the second example depicted in FIG. 4, a first conversionpoint and a second conversion point exist on the object-side surface(within the clear aperture) of a lens element. In which portion I is theportion in a vicinity of the optical axis, and portion III is theportion in a vicinity of a periphery of the lens element. The portion ina vicinity of the optical axis has a convex shape because the R value atthe object-side surface of the lens element is positive. The portion ina vicinity of a periphery of the lens element (portion III) has a convexshape. What is more, there is another portion having a concave shapeexisting between the first and second conversion point (portion II).

Referring to a third example depicted in FIG. 5, no conversion pointexists on the object-side surface of the lens element. In this case, theportion between 0˜50% of the effective radius (radius of the clearaperture) is determined as the portion in a vicinity of the opticalaxis, and the portion between 50˜100% of the effective radius isdetermined as the portion in a vicinity of a periphery of the lenselement. The portion in a vicinity of the optical axis of theobject-side surface of the lens element is determined as having a convexshape due to its positive R value, and the portion in a vicinity of aperiphery of the lens element is determined as having a convex shape aswell.

As shown in FIG. 6, the optical imaging lens set 1 of seven lenselements of the present invention, sequentially located from an objectside 2 (where an object is located) to an image side 3 along an opticalaxis 4, has an aperture stop (ape. stop) 80, a first lens element 10, asecond lens element 20, a third lens element 30, a fourth lens element40, a fifth lens element 50, a sixth lens element 60, a seventh lenselement 70, a filter 90 and an image plane 91. Generally speaking, thefirst lens element 10, the second lens element 20, the third lenselement 30, the fourth lens element 40, the fifth lens element 50, thesixth lens element 60 and the seventh lens element 70 may be made of atransparent plastic material but the present invention is not limited tothis, and each has an appropriate refractive power. There areexclusively seven lens elements, which means the first lens element 10,the second lens element 20, the third lens element 30, the fourth lenselement 40, the fifth lens element 50, the sixth lens element 60 and theseventh lens element 70, with refractive power in the optical imaginglens set 1 of the present invention. The optical axis 4 is the opticalaxis of the entire optical imaging lens set 1, and the optical axis ofeach of the lens elements coincides with the optical axis of the opticalimaging lens set 1.

Furthermore, the optical imaging lens set 1 includes an aperture stop(ape. stop) 80 disposed in an appropriate position. In FIG. 6, theaperture stop 80 is disposed between the first lens element 10 and thesecond lens element 20. When light emitted or reflected by an object(not shown) which is located at the object side 2 enters the opticalimaging lens set 1 of the present invention, it forms a clear and sharpimage on the image plane 91 at the image side 3 after passing throughthe first lens element 10, the aperture stop 80, the second lens element20, the third lens element 30, the fourth lens element 40, the fifthlens element 50, the sixth lens element 60, the seventh lens element 70and the filter 90. In one embodiments of the present invention, theoptional filter 90 may be a filter of various suitable functions, forexample, the filter 90 may be an infrared cut filter (IR cut filter),placed between the image-side surface 72 of the seventh lens element 70and the image plane 91.

Each lens element in the optical imaging lens set 1 of the presentinvention has an object-side surface facing toward the object side 2 aswell as an image-side surface facing toward the image side 3. Forexample, the first lens element 10 has an object-side surface 11 and animage-side surface 12; the second lens element 20 has an object-sidesurface 21 and an image-side surface 22; the third lens element 30 hasan object-side surface 31 and an image-side surface 32; the fourth lenselement 40 has an object-side surface 41 and an image-side surface 42;the fifth lens element 50 has an object-side surface 51 and animage-side surface 52; the sixth lens element 60 has an object-sidesurface 61 and an image-side surface 62; the seventh lens element 70 hasan object-side surface 71 and an image-side surface 72. In addition,each object-side surface and image-side surface in the optical imaginglens set 1 of the present invention has a part (or portion) in avicinity of its circular periphery (circular periphery part) away fromthe optical axis 4 as well as a part in a vicinity of the optical axis(optical axis part) close to the optical axis 4.

Each lens element in the optical imaging lens set 1 of the presentinvention further has a central thickness T on the optical axis 4. Forexample, the first lens element 10 has a first lens element thicknessT1, the second lens element 20 has a second lens element thickness T2,the third lens element 30 has a third lens element thickness T3, thefourth lens element 40 has a fourth lens element thickness T4, the fifthlens element 50 has a fifth lens element thickness T5, the sixth lenselement 60 has a sixth lens element thickness T6, the seventh lenselement 70 has a seventh lens element thickness T7. Therefore, the totalthickness of all the lens elements in the optical imaging lens set 1along the optical axis 4 is ALT=T1+T2+T3+T4+T5+T6+T7.

In addition, between two adjacent lens elements in the optical imaginglens set 1 of the present invention there may be an air gap along theoptical axis 4. For example, there is an air gap G12 disposed betweenthe first lens element 10 and the second lens element 20, an air gap G23disposed between the second lens element 20 and the third lens element30, an air gap G34 disposed between the third lens element 30 and thefourth lens element 40, an air gap G45 disposed between the fourth lenselement 40 and the fifth lens element 50, an air gap G56 disposedbetween the fifth lens element 50 and the sixth lens element 60 as wellas an air gap G67 disposed between the sixth lens element 60 and theseventh lens element 70. Therefore, the sum of total four air gapsbetween adjacent lens elements from the first lens element 10 to thesixth lens element 60 along the optical axis 4 isAAG=G12+G23+G45+G56+G67.

In addition, the distance from the object-side surface 11 of the firstlens element 10 to the image-side surface 72 of the seventh lens element70 along the optical axis 4 is TL. The distance between the object-sidesurface 11 of the first lens element 10 to the image plane 91, namelythe total length of the optical imaging lens set along the optical axis4 is TTL; the effective focal length of the optical imaging lens set isEFL; the distance between the image-side surface 72 of the seventh lenselement 70 and the image plane 91 along the optical axis 4 is BFL.

Furthermore, the focal length of the first lens element 10 is f1; thefocal length of the second lens element 20 is f2; the focal length ofthe third lens element 30 is f3; the focal length of the fourth lenselement 40 is f4; the focal length of the fifth lens element 50 is f5;the focal length of the sixth lens element 60 is f6; the focal length ofthe seventh lens element 70 is f7; the refractive index of the firstlens element 10 is n1; the refractive index of the second lens element20 is n2; the refractive index of the third lens element 30 is n3; therefractive index of the fourth lens element 40 is n4; the refractiveindex of the fifth lens element 50 is n5; the refractive index of thesixth lens element 60 is n6; the refractive index of the seventh lenselement 70 is n7; the Abbe number of the first lens element 10 is υ1;the Abbe number of the second lens element 20 is υ2; the Abbe number ofthe third lens element 30 is υ3; and the Abbe number of the fourth lenselement 40 is υ4; the Abbe number of the fifth lens element 50 is υ5;the Abbe number of the sixth lens element 60 is υ6; and the Abbe numberof the seventh lens element 70 is υ7.

First Example

Please refer to FIG. 6 which illustrates the first example of theoptical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention. Please refer toFIG. 7A for the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane 91of the first example; please refer to FIG. 7B for the astigmatic fieldaberration on the sagittal direction; please refer to FIG. 7C for theastigmatic field aberration on the tangential direction, and pleaserefer to FIG. 7D for the distortion aberration. The Y axis of thespherical aberration in each example is “field of view” for 1.0. The Yaxis of the astigmatic field and the distortion in each example standsfor “image height”, which is 3.241 mm.

The optical imaging lens set 1 of the first example exclusively hasseven lens elements 10 to 70 with refractive power. The optical imaginglens set 1 also has a filter 90, an aperture stop 80, and an image plane91. The aperture stop 80 is provided between the first lens element 10and the second lens element 20. The filter 90 may be used for preventingspecific wavelength light (such as the infrared light) reaching theimage plane to adversely affect the imaging quality.

The first lens element 10 has positive refractive power. The object-sidesurface 11 facing toward the object side 2 has a convex part 13 in thevicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 14 in a vicinity of itscircular periphery. The image-side surface 12 facing toward the imageside 3 has a concave part 16 in the vicinity of the optical axis and aconvex part 17 in a vicinity of its circular periphery. Besides, boththe object-side surface 11 and the image-side 12 of the first lenselement 10 are aspherical surfaces.

The second lens element 20 has negative refractive power. Theobject-side surface 21 facing toward the object side 2 has a convex part23 in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 24 in avicinity of its circular periphery. The image-side surface 22 facingtoward the image side 3 has a concave part 26 in the vicinity of theoptical axis and a concave part 27 in a vicinity of its circularperiphery. Besides, both the object-side surface 21 and the image-side22 of the second lens element 20 are aspherical surfaces.

The third lens element 30 has positive refractive power. The object-sidesurface 31 facing toward the object side 2 has a convex part 33 in thevicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 34 in a vicinity of itscircular periphery. The image-side surface 32 facing toward the imageside 3 has a concave part 36 in the vicinity of the optical axis and aconvex part 37 in a vicinity of its circular periphery. The object-sidesurface 31 and the image-side 32 of the third lens element 30 areaspherical surfaces.

The fourth lens element 40 has positive refractive power. Theobject-side surface 41 facing toward the object side 2 has a convex part43 in the vicinity of the optical axis and a concave part 44 in avicinity of its circular periphery. The image-side surface 42 facingtoward the image side 3 has a concave part 46 in the vicinity of theoptical axis and a concave part 47 in a vicinity of its circularperiphery. The object-side surface 41 and the image-side 42 of thefourth lens element 40 are aspherical surfaces.

The fifth lens element 50 has positive refractive power. The object-sidesurface 51 facing toward the object side 2 has a concave part 53 in thevicinity of the optical axis and a concave part 54 in a vicinity of itscircular periphery. The image-side surface 52 facing toward the imageside 3 has a convex part 56 in the vicinity of the optical axis and aconvex part 57 in a vicinity of its circular periphery. Besides, atleast one of the object-side surface 51 and the image-side 52 of thefifth lens element 50 is an aspherical surface.

The sixth lens element 60 has negative refractive power. The object-sidesurface 61 facing toward the object side 2 has a convex part 63 in thevicinity of the optical axis and a concave part 64 in a vicinity of itscircular periphery. The image-side surface 62 facing toward the imageside 3 has a concave part 66 in the vicinity of the optical axis and aconvex part 67 in a vicinity of its circular periphery. Both theobject-side surface 61 and the image-side 62 of the sixth lens element60 are aspherical surfaces.

The seventh lens element 70 has negative refractive power. Theobject-side surface 71 facing toward the object side 2 has a concavepart 73 in the vicinity of the optical axis and a concave part 74 in avicinity of its circular periphery. The image-side surface 62 facingtoward the image side 3 has a concave part 76 in the vicinity of theoptical axis and a convex part 77 in a vicinity of its circularperiphery. Both the object-side surface 71 and the image-side 72 of theseventh lens element 70 are aspherical surfaces. The filter 90 isdisposed between the image-side 72 of the seventh lens element 70 andthe image plane 91.

In the first lens element 10, the second lens element 20, the third lenselement 30, the fourth lens element 40, the fifth lens element 50, thesixth lens element 60 and the seventh lens element 70 of the opticalimaging lens element 1 of the present invention, there are 14 surfaces,such as the object-side surfaces 11/21/31/41/51/61/71 and the image-sidesurfaces 12/22/32/42/52/62/72. If a surface is aspherical, theseaspheric coefficients are defined according to the following formula:

${Z(Y)} = {{\frac{Y^{2}}{R}/\left( {1 + \sqrt{1 - {\left( {1 + K} \right)\frac{Y^{2}}{R^{2}}}}} \right)} + {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{n}\; {a_{i}Y^{i}}}}$

In which:R represents the curvature radius of the lens element surface;Z represents the depth of an aspherical surface (the perpendiculardistance between the point of the aspherical surface at a distance Yfrom the optical axis and the tangent plane of the vertex on the opticalaxis of the aspherical surface);Y represents a vertical distance from a point on the aspherical surfaceto the optical axis;K is a conic constant;a_(i) is the aspheric coefficient of the i^(th) order.

The optical data of the first example of the optical imaging lens set 1are shown in FIG. 20 while the aspheric surface data are shown in FIG.21. In the present examples of the optical imaging lens set, thef-number of the entire optical lens element system is Fno, EFL is theeffective focal length, HFOV stands for the half field of view which ishalf of the field of view of the entire optical lens element system, andthe unit for the curvature radius, the thickness and the focal length isin millimeters (mm). TTL is 5.5600 mm. Fno is 1.6239. The image heightis 3.241 mm. HFOV is 38.0038 degrees.

Second Example

Please refer to FIG. 8 which illustrates the second example of theoptical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention. It is noted thatfrom the second example to the following examples, in order to simplifythe figures, only the components different from what the first examplehas, and the basic lens elements will be labeled in figures. Othercomponents that are the same as what the first example has, such as theobject-side surface, the image-side surface, the part in a vicinity ofthe optical axis and the part in a vicinity of its circular peripherywill be omitted in the following examples. Please refer to FIG. 9A forthe longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane 91 of thesecond example, please refer to FIG. 9B for the astigmatic aberration onthe sagittal direction, please refer to FIG. 9C for the astigmaticaberration on the tangential direction, and please refer to FIG. 9D forthe distortion aberration. The components in the second example aresimilar to those in the first example, but the optical data such as thecurvature radius, the refractive power, the lens thickness, the lensfocal length, the aspheric surface or the back focal length in thisexample are different from the optical data in the first example, and inthis example, the third lens element 30 has positive refractive power,the image-side surface 42 of the fourth lens element 40 has a convexpart 47′ in a vicinity of its circular periphery.

The optical data of the second example of the optical imaging lens setare shown in FIG. 22 while the aspheric surface data are shown in FIG.23. TTL is 5.3991 mm. Fno is 1.6025. The image height is 3.238 mm. HFOVis 38.0020 degrees. In particular, 1) the TTL of the second example isshorter than that of the first example of the present invention, 2) theFno of the second example is smaller than that of the first example ofthe present invention, 3) the imaging quality of the second example isbetter than that of the first example of the present invention, 4) thefabrication of the second example is easier than the first example sothe yield is better.

Third Example

Please refer to FIG. 10 which illustrates the third example of theoptical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention. Please refer toFIG. 11A for the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane 91of the third example; please refer to FIG. 11B for the astigmaticaberration on the sagittal direction; please refer to FIG. 11C for theastigmatic aberration on the tangential direction, and please refer toFIG. 11D for the distortion aberration. The components in the thirdexample are similar to those in the first example, but the optical datasuch as the curvature radius, the refractive power, the lens thickness,the lens focal length, the aspheric surface or the back focal length inthis example are different from the optical data in the first example,and in this example, the image-side surface 12 of the first lens element10 has a concave part 17′ in a vicinity of its circular periphery andthe image-side surface 42 of the fourth lens element 40 has a convexpart 47′ in a vicinity of its circular periphery.

The optical data of the third example of the optical imaging lens setare shown in FIG. 24 while the aspheric surface data are shown in FIG.25. TTL is 5.3665 mm. Fno is 1.6197. The image height is 2.42 mm. HFOVis 30.1264 degrees. In particular, 1) the TTL of the third example isshorter than that of the first example of the present invention, 2) theFno of the third example is smaller than that of the first example ofthe present invention, 3) the imaging quality of the third example isbetter than that of the first example of the present invention, 4) thefabrication of the third example is easier than the first example so theyield is better.

Fourth Example

Please refer to FIG. 12 which illustrates the fourth example of theoptical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention. Please refer toFIG. 13A for the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane 91of the fourth example; please refer to FIG. 13B for the astigmaticaberration on the sagittal direction; please refer to FIG. 13C for theastigmatic aberration on the tangential direction, and please refer toFIG. 13D for the distortion aberration. The components in the fourthexample are similar to those in the first example, but the optical datasuch as the curvature radius, the refractive power, the lens thickness,the lens focal length, the aspheric surface or the back focal length inthis example are different from the optical data in the first example,and in this example, the image-side surface 12 of the first lens element10 has a concave part 17′ in a vicinity of its circular periphery andthe image-side surface 42 of the fourth lens element 40 has a convexpart 47′ in a vicinity of its circular periphery.

The optical data of the fourth example of the optical imaging lens setare shown in FIG. 26 while the aspheric surface data are shown in FIG.27. TTL is 5.3157 mm. Fno is 1.6115. The image height is 3.225 mm. HFOVis 37.9995 degrees. In particular, 1) the TTL of the fourth example isshorter than that of the first example of the present invention, 2) theFno of the fourth example is smaller than that of the first example ofthe present invention, 3) the imaging quality of the fourth example isbetter than that of the first example of the present invention, 4) thefabrication of the fourth example is easier than the first example sothe yield is better.

Fifth Example

Please refer to FIG. 14 which illustrates the fifth example of theoptical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention. Please refer toFIG. 15A for the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane 91of the fifth example; please refer to FIG. 15B for the astigmaticaberration on the sagittal direction; please refer to FIG. 15C for theastigmatic aberration on the tangential direction, and please refer toFIG. 15D for the distortion aberration. The components in the fifthexample are similar to those in the first example, but the optical datasuch as the curvature radius, the refractive power, the lens thickness,the lens focal length, the aspheric surface or the back focal length inthis example are different from the optical data in the first example.

The optical data of the fifth example of the optical imaging lens setare shown in FIG. 28 while the aspheric surface data are shown in FIG.29. TTL is 5.3343 mm. Fno is 1.6059. The image height is 3.237 mm. HFOVis 37.9981 degrees. In particular, 1) the TTL of the fifth example isshorter than that of the first example of the present invention, 2) theFno of the fifth example is smaller than that of the first example ofthe present invention, 3) the imaging quality of the fifth example isbetter than that of the first example of the present invention, 4) thefabrication of the fifth example is easier than the first example so theyield is better.

Sixth Example

Please refer to FIG. 16 which illustrates the sixth example of theoptical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention. Please refer toFIG. 17A for the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane 91of the sixth example; please refer to FIG. 17B for the astigmaticaberration on the sagittal direction; please refer to FIG. 17C for theastigmatic aberration on the tangential direction, and please refer toFIG. 17D for the distortion aberration. The components in the sixthexample are similar to those in the first example, but the optical datasuch as the curvature radius, the refractive power, the lens thickness,the lens focal length, the aspheric surface or the back focal length inthis example are different from the optical data in the first example.

The optical data of the sixth example of the optical imaging lens setare shown in FIG. 30 while the aspheric surface data are shown in FIG.31. TTL is 5.0626 mm. Fno is 1.6014. The image height is 3.176 mm. HFOVis 37.9978 degrees. In particular, 1) the TTL of the sixth example isshorter than that of the first example of the present invention, 2) theimaging quality of the sixth example is better than that of the firstexample of the present invention, 3) the fabrication of the sixthexample is easier than the first example so the yield is better.

Seventh Example

Please refer to FIG. 18 which illustrates the seventh example of theoptical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention. Please refer toFIG. 19A for the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane 91of the seventh example; please refer to FIG. 19B for the astigmaticaberration on the sagittal direction; please refer to FIG. 19C for theastigmatic aberration on the tangential direction, and please refer toFIG. 19D for the distortion aberration. The components in the seventhexample are similar to those in the first example, but the optical datasuch as the curvature radius, the refractive power, the lens thickness,the lens focal length, the aspheric surface or the back focal length inthis example are different from the optical data in the first example,and in this example, the object-side surface 71 of the seventh lenselement 70 facing toward the object side 2 has a convex part 73′ in thevicinity of the optical axis.

The optical data of the seventh example of the optical imaging lens setare shown in FIG. 32 while the aspheric surface data are shown in FIG.33. TTL is 5.5733 mm. Fno is 1.6110. The image height is 3.238 mm. HFOVis 37.9627 degrees. In particular, 1) the Fno of the seventh example issmaller than that of the first example of the present invention, 2) theimaging quality of the seventh example is better than that of the firstexample of the present invention, 3) the fabrication of the seventhexample is easier than the first example so the yield is better.

Some important ratios in each example are shown in FIG. 42 and in FIG.42. The distance between the image-side surface 72 of the seventh lenselement 70 to the filter 90 along the optical axis 4 is G7F; thethickness of the filter 90 along the optical axis 4 is TF; the distancebetween the filter 90 to the image plane 91 along the optical axis 4 isGFP; the distance between the image-side surface 72 of the seventh lenselement 70 and the image plane 91 along the optical axis 4 is BFL.Therefore, BFL=G6F+TF+GFP.

In the light of the above examples, the inventors observe at least thefollowing features of the lens arrangement of the present invention andthe corresponding efficacy:

1. The first lens element of an image-side surface with a concaveportion in a vicinity of the optical-axis helps the collection ofincoming light. The sixth lens element has negative refractive power andan image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of theoptical-axis. They facilitate the adjustment of the aberration caused bythe previous five lens elements. The fifth lens element has anobject-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of theoptical-axis or the seventh lens element of negative refractive powertogether to enhance the imaging quality.2. The conditional formula 5≤5υ1−(υ3+υ4+υ5+υ6+υ7), preferably5≤5υ1−(υ3+υ4+υ5+υ6+υ7)≤220, lowers the bad imaging quality caused by thespherical aberration and the chromatic aberration.3. The combination of the above designs may effectively shorten the lenslength and ensure good imaging quality to enhance the image definition.

In addition, the inventors further discover that there are some betterratio ranges for different optical data according to the above variousimportant ratios. Better optical ratio ranges help the designers todesign a better optical performance and an effectively reduce length ofa practically possible optical imaging lens set.

a) To diminish the total length, the present invention proposes toreduce the lens thickness and air gaps between adjacent lens elements.Taking the assembly fabrication and imaging quality into consideration,the lens thickness and the air gaps should be coordinated with eachother. The following conditions help the optical imaging lens set havebetter arrangement:ALT/Gmax≤7, preferably 3.0≤ALT/Gmax≤7;Tmax/G67≤2.3, preferably 0.9≤Tmax/G67≤2.3;(T5+T6+T7)/(T1+T2+T3)≤1.3, preferably 0.7≤(T5+T6+T7)/(T1+T2+T3)≤1.3;ALT/AAG≤2.8, preferably 1.2≤ALT/AAG≤2.8;Gmax/Tmin≤2.5, preferably 1.5≤Gmax/Tmin≤2.5;Tmax/T7≤1.8, preferably 1.0≤Tmax/T7≤1.8;T6/G34≤10, preferably 0.9≤T6/G34≤10;(G12+G23+G56)/G45≤2, preferably 0.8≤(G12+G23+G56)/G45≤2.b) A smaller EFL helps enlarge the field angle so the EFL is preferablysmaller. The following conditions help the enlargement of the fieldangle in order to reduce the total length of the optical imaging lensset:EFL/BFL≤4.7, preferably 4.2≤EFL/BFL≤4.7;EFL/G67≤13, preferably 6.0≤EFL/G67≤13.c) The optical parameters and the total length of the optical imaginglens set together keep a suitable range so the parameters are not sogreat to enlarge the total length of the optical imaging lens set or toosmall to fabricate.TTL/AAG≤4.5, preferably 2.7≤TTL/AAG≤4.5;TL/Tmin≤20, preferably 16.3≤TL/Tmin≤20;TTL/Gmax≤11.9, preferably 6.6≤TTL/Gmax≤11.9;TL/T4≤14.4, preferably 5.5≤TL/T4≤14.4;TL/BFL≤5.1, preferably 4.2≤TL/BFL≤5.1.d) By limiting the optical parameters and the second lens elementthickness T₂, the second lens element thickness T₂ is not so large or sosmall to facilitate the reduction of the optical aberration cause by thefirst lens element.(T1+T5)/T2≤5.5, preferably 3.1≤(T1+T5)/T2≤5.5.

In each one of the above examples, the longitudinal sphericalaberration, the astigmatic aberration and the distortion aberration meetrequirements in use. By observing three representative wavelengths ofred, green and blue, it is suggested that all curves of every wavelengthare close to one another, which reveals off-axis light of differentheights of every wavelength all concentrates on the image plane, anddeviations of every curve also reveal that off-axis light of differentheights are well controlled so the examples do improve the sphericalaberration, the astigmatic aberration and the distortion aberration. Inaddition, by observing the imaging quality data the distances amongstthe three representing different wavelengths are pretty close to oneanother, which means the present invention is able to concentrate lightof the three representing different wavelengths so that the aberrationis greatly improved. Given the above, the present invention providesoutstanding imaging quality.

In the light of the unpredictability of the optical imaging lens set,the present invention suggests the above principles to have a shortertotal length of the optical imaging lens set, a larger apertureavailable, a wider field angle, better imaging quality or a betterfabrication yield to overcome the drawbacks of prior art.

Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerousmodifications and alterations of the device and method may be made whileretaining the teachings of the invention. Accordingly, the abovedisclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and boundsof the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. An optical imaging lens set, from an object sidetoward an image side in order along an optical axis comprising: a firstlens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lenselement, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lenselement, said first lens element to said seventh lens element eachhaving an object-side surface facing toward the object side as well asan image-side surface facing toward the image side, wherein: said firstlens element has an image-side surface with a concave portion in avicinity of said optical-axis; said sixth lens element has negativerefractive power and an image-side surface with a concave portion in avicinity of said optical-axis; and said seventh lens element hasnegative refractive power; the optical imaging lens set exclusively hasseven lens elements with refractive power, υ1 is an Abbe number of saidfirst lens element, υ3 is an Abbe number of said third lens element, υ4is an Abbe number of said fourth lens element, υ5 is an Abbe number ofsaid fifth lens element, υ6 is an Abbe number of said sixth lens elementand υ7 is an Abbe number of said seventh lens element to satisfy5≤5υ1−(υ3+υ4+υ5+υ6+υ7).
 2. The optical imaging lens set of claim 1,wherein TTL is a distance from said object-side surface of said firstlens element to an image plane and AAG is a sum of all six air gapsbetween each lens elements from said first lens element to said seventhlens element along said optical axis to satisfy TTL/AAG≤4.5.
 3. Theoptical imaging lens set of claim 1, wherein ALT is a total thickness ofall seven lens elements and Gmax is the maximal air gap among said firstlens element and said seventh lens element to satisfy ALT/Gmax≤7.
 4. Theoptical imaging lens set of claim 1, wherein TL is a distance betweensaid object-side surface of said first lens element and said image-sidesurface of said seventh lens element along said optical axis and Tmin isthe minimal lens element thickness among said first lens element andsaid seventh lens element to satisfy TL/Tmin≤20.
 5. The optical imaginglens set of claim 1, wherein TTL is a distance from said object-sidesurface of said first lens element to an image plane and Gmax is themaximal air gap among said first lens element and said seventh lenselement to satisfy TTL/Gmax≤11.9.
 6. The optical imaging lens set ofclaim 1, wherein Tmax is the maximal lens element thickness among saidfirst lens element and said seventh lens element and an air gap G67between said sixth lens element and said seventh lens element along saidoptical axis to satisfy Tmax/G67≤2.3.
 7. The optical imaging lens set ofclaim 1, wherein EFL is an effective focal length of the optical imaginglens set and BFL is a distance between said image-side surface of saidseventh lens element and an image plane along said optical axis tosatisfy EFL/BFL≤4.7.
 8. The optical imaging lens set of claim 1, whereinsaid first lens element has a first lens element thickness T1 along saidoptical axis, said second lens element has a second lens elementthickness T2 along said optical axis, said third lens element has athird lens element thickness T3 along said optical axis, said fifth lenselement has a fifth lens element thickness T5 along said optical axis,said sixth lens element has a sixth lens element thickness T6 along saidoptical axis and said seventh lens element has a seventh lens elementthickness T7 along said optical axis to satisfy(T5+T6+T7)/(T1+T2+T3)≤1.3.
 9. The optical imaging lens set of claim 1,wherein ALT is a total thickness of all seven lens elements and AAG is asum of all six air gaps between each lens elements from said first lenselement to said seventh lens element along said optical axis to satisfyALT/AAG≤2.8.
 10. The optical imaging lens set of claim 1, wherein TL isa distance between said object-side surface of said first lens elementand said image-side surface of said seventh lens element along saidoptical axis and said fourth lens element has a fourth lens elementthickness T4 along said optical axis to satisfy TL/T4≤14.4.
 11. Anoptical imaging lens set, from an object side toward an image side inorder along an optical axis comprising: a first lens element, a secondlens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lenselement, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element, said firstlens element to said seventh lens element each having an object-sidesurface facing toward the object side as well as an image-side surfacefacing toward the image side, wherein: said first lens element has animage-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of saidoptical-axis; said fifth lens element has an object-side surface with aconcave portion in a vicinity of said optical-axis; and said sixth lenselement has negative refractive power and an image-side surface with aconcave portion in a vicinity of said optical-axis; the optical imaginglens set exclusively has seven lens elements with refractive power, υ1is an Abbe number of said first lens element, υ3 is an Abbe number ofsaid third lens element, υ4 is an Abbe number of said fourth lenselement, υ5 is an Abbe number of said fifth lens element, υ6 is an Abbenumber of said sixth lens element and υ7 is an Abbe number of saidseventh lens element to satisfy 5≤5υ1−(υ3+υ4+υ5+υ6+υ7).
 12. The opticalimaging lens set of claim 11, wherein TTL is a distance from saidobject-side surface of said first lens element to an image plane and AAGis a sum of all six air gaps between each lens elements from said firstlens element to said seventh lens element along said optical axis tosatisfy TTL/AAG≤4.5.
 13. The optical imaging lens set of claim 11,wherein ALT is a total thickness of all seven lens elements and Gmax isthe maximal air gap among said first lens element and said seventh lenselement to satisfy ALT/Gmax≤7.
 14. The optical imaging lens set of claim11, wherein TL is a distance between said object-side surface of saidfirst lens element and said image-side surface of said seventh lenselement along said optical axis and BFL is a distance between saidimage-side surface of said seventh lens element and an image plane alongsaid optical axis to satisfy TL/BFL≤5.1.
 15. The optical imaging lensset of claim 11, wherein Gmax is the maximal air gap among said firstlens element and said seventh lens element and Tmin is the minimal lenselement thickness among said first lens element and said seventh lenselement to satisfy Gmax/Tmin≤2.5.
 16. The optical imaging lens set ofclaim 11, wherein Tmax is the maximal lens element thickness among saidfirst lens element and said seventh lens element and said seventh lenselement has a seventh lens element thickness T7 along said optical axisto satisfy Tmax/T7≤1.8.
 17. The optical imaging lens set of claim 11,wherein EFL is an effective focal length of the optical imaging lens setand an air gap G67 between said sixth lens element and said seventh lenselement along said optical axis to satisfy EFL/G67≤13.
 18. The opticalimaging lens set of claim 11, wherein said first lens element has afirst lens element thickness T1 along said optical axis, said secondlens element has a second lens element thickness T2 along said opticalaxis and said fifth lens element has a fifth lens element thickness T5along said optical axis to satisfy (T1+T5)/T2≤5.5.
 19. The opticalimaging lens set of claim 11, wherein said sixth lens element has asixth lens element thickness T6 along said optical axis and an air gapG34 between said third lens element and said fourth lens element alongsaid optical axis to satisfy T6/G34≤10.
 20. The optical imaging lens setof claim 11, wherein an air gap G12 between said first lens element andsaid second lens element along said optical axis, an air gap G23 betweensaid second lens element and said third lens element along said opticalaxis, an air gap G45 between said fourth lens element and said fifthlens element along said optical axis and an air gap G56 between saidfifth lens element and said sixth lens element along said optical axissatisfy (G12+G23+G56)/G45≤2.